The Puppet Syndrome
2015Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?
Acted in
Evgeny Mironov
as Pyotr
Chulpan Khamatova
as Liza
Merab Ninidze
as Boris
Yuliya Marchenko
as Katya
Vladimir Seleznyov
as Romka
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
as Petya in his youth
Alexey Lyubimov
as Boris in his youth
Alina Gvasaliya
as Liza in her youth
Era Ziganshina
as Vera Leopoldovna, Borya's grandmother
Alexey Vedernikov
as Eva's boyfriend
Filipp Ershov
as Petya's friend in his youth
Kirill Frolov
as Petya's friend in his youth
Artyom Fadeev
as Petya in his youth
Natalya Iokhvidova
as mathematic teacher
Zura Kipshidze
as Teddi